Trip-specific information

January 7 - 21, 2017 (Flyer dates below are incorrect) 
Karnataka, South India

The main tour begins Jan 7, with a visit to Mysore, one of the centers of the international yoga scene. We’ll spend 3 days exploring the yoga and health food scene, as well as the Palace area. Early on January 10, after all guests have arrived and adjusted to Asia time, we’ll be traveling 3 hours south to the national parks and jungle lodges. Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole parks are some of the best of India. This portion of the tour is what SavingGanesh is really about, as we revisit many farmers to ask about elephant conflicts, as well as inquiring about the effectiveness of deterrence tools we provided last year. We’ll be joining our local naturalist friends for guided tours in various settings. We’ll trek to an elephant anti-poaching camp, as well as share in the work of one of our associates who is doing a film “LOST CULTURE OF NATIVE TRIBES.” The thesis of the film project is to discover why species coexistence is a thing of the past, as these tribes have changed little since time immemorial, but conflict has profoundly increases. 

When in India, folks love its antiquity and some of the best is located about a day drive north of Bangalore, and so as we have time, we will depart the wild lands of the South, and turn northward. First is the hippie hamlet of Hampi, then onward to the ancient towns of Badami and Aihole.